Work Proverbs
LEVEL A.2 - B.1
This week: Work Proverbs
Match the proverb to its meaning:
Match one sentence to a proverb that would be a good response:
(a) "Let's call it a day and go home"
(b) "Do you think this will motivate the staff?"
(c) "This advert sounds great..."make thousands working from home"
1 "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
2 "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
3 "don't put off to tomorrow what you can do today"
Language Note
call it a day, idiom decide to stop work and go home
put off, ph-verb postpone, do later
answers
a3 b1 c2
LEVEL B1.5 - B.2
This week: Work Proverbs
Match one sentence to a proverb that would be a suitable response:
(a) "I can't do my job properly because of this computer"
(b) "Do we have to make these people redundant to become profitable?"
(c) "It was only after we won our first contract that we had the confidence to sell
more"
1 "success breeds success"
2 "a bad workman blames his tools"
3 "you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs"
Language Note
make sb redundant, verb stop employing sb
breed, verb produce babies
blame, verb say that one thing or person is the reason for sth bad
answers
a2 b3 c1
LEVEL C1
This week: Work Proverbs
Match one sentence to a proverb that would be a suitable response:
(a) "Maybe we should change the system?"
(b) "I'm sure we could find the money to set up our own company"
(c) "The staff there are really incompetent"
1 "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
2 "If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
3 "money doesn't grow on trees"
Language Note
incompetent, adj not having good enough skills to do a job successfully
ain't, verb is not (colloquial) [note- there is no positive form of "ain't"]
peanuts, noun a small amount of money
answers
a1 b3 c2
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